Before we start what programs do you usually use?
Everything is in the open (including our mistakes as we learn):
Even a community!
It’s not just code we share, it’s our knowledge on the data we are using:
Whilst work may be paused is it ever really complete?
What is important to us is contribution, not output
Creating an SPC (Statistical Process Control chart) for hospital admission data
This R package has publicly available data to use for training.
Use code to create a “temporary table” called sub_set:
Using this SPC package which creates plots using the NHSE/I ‘Making Data Count’ rules and look:
Hospital episodes can overlap or have gaps which can result in under or over counting
Using data created in code this time:
This package has two functions, one adds the episode number to the data the other reduces the data to just one one line:
NHS-R Community is a learning environment:
We are not just the NHS and not just R
We share a common interest in health and care, data science tools and to quote the NHS-R way
We value the participation of every member of our community and want to ensure that every contributor has an enjoyable and fulfilling experience.